HOMEOWNERS HAD TO DEAL WITH AFTER THE STORMS. BUT WE BEGIN WITH THAT DEADLY ATTACK BY A COYOTE ON A CHIHUAHUA. IT'S PRETTY FRIGHTENING. THE WOMAN WHO OWNS THE DOG SAYS ALL SHE WAS DOING WAS WALKING HER DOG, LIKE SHE DOES EVERY DAY. AND SHE SAYS THAT THE ATTACK WAS SO SUDDEN, SHE HAD NO CHANCE TO REACT. IT HAPPENED ALONG WILLOW PARK DRIVE, THAT'S UNTIL THE WILLOW WOODS SUBDIVISION IN ORANGE COUNTY. SHAUN CHAIYABHAT IS THERE. SO SE SHAUN, IT WAS A POPULATED AREA. WHAT ARE PEOPLE DOING TO STAY SAFE? IS IT STILL OUT THERE? PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THIS AREA AND KNOW ABOUT THIS COYOTE ATTACK SAY THAT THEY ARE CERTAINLY NOT WALKING THEIR DOGS LATE AT KNIT NIGHT OR BRINGING FLASHLIGHTS, ANYTHING THAT MIGHT SCARE THE ANIMAL OFF. PEOPLE SAY SOMEWHERE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS A COYOTE THAT IS NOT AFRAID OF PEOPLE. EVERY MORNING 15-YEAR-OLD ZUKI WENT FOR WALKS WITH HIS OWNER. WHAT HAPPENED SUNDAY JUST BEFORE DAWN LEFT HIS OWNER SHAKEN. NEVER HEARD A NOISE, SOUND, NOTHING. AS THEY WALKED DOWN THIS SIDEWALK, ZUKI'S OWNER THINKS A COYOTE STALKED HER TINY WHICH I TINY WHICH I TINY CHIHUAHUA. HE WOULD SNATCH BY HIS MOUTH AND TOOK OFF LIKE LIGHTNING. IT WAS GONE. JUST LIKE THAT. NOW, SAYING SHE WILL ONLY WALK HER OTHER DOG HENRY DURING THE DAY. SHE IS WARNING OTHER NEIGHBORS TO DO THE SAME. PRETTY SCARY TO THINK THAT THE COYOTE WOULD BE THAT BOLD TO COME UP THAT CLOSE TO A PERSON. SO EITHER GO UP AND DOWN BETWEEN THIS ROW OF HOUSES OR BEHIND OUR HOUSE OVER IN THE BACK OVER HERE. NEIGHBORS OFTEN SEE COYOTES ROAMING THE AREA AND OTHER PETS HAVE DISAPPEARED BEFORE. BUT IT'S NOT OFTEN A COYOTE WOULD COME THIS CLOSE TO PEOPLE. I'VE TALKED WITH SEVERAL NEIGHBORS ABOUT THEM BEING PRESENT AND KEEP THE CHILDREN OUT OF THE WOODS OVER HERE. THE ATTACK WAS REPORTED TO STATE WILDLIFE OFFICIALS SAY THE COYOTE SHOWED NO FEAR. NOW, OFFICIALS PLAN TO POST THIS SIGN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WARNING ABOUT THE COYOTE HOPING TO PREVENT ANOTHER ATTACK. IF YOU HAVE A DOG, YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL. IT'S -- YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. NOW, I JUST CHECKED. RIGHT NOW, STATE WILDLIFE OFFICIALS DO NOT PLAN TO TAKE ANY ACTION ON THIS COYOTE. BUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS. THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT SETTING TRAPS AND STATE OFFICIALS SAY THAT THAT CERTAINLY IS AN OPTION FOR THEM HERE. SHAUN, NEIGHBORS HAVE SEEN THE COYOTES IN THE AREA BEFORE, DO THEY KNOW WHY THE ATTACK HAPPENED. IN FACT, NEIGHBORS HAVE SEEN COYOTES, MANY COYOTES, IN FACT, IN THIS AREA FOR YEARS. IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THE CHIHUAHUA WAS NOT ON A LEASH. SO IT'S POTENTIALLY A REASON WHY

ORLANDO, Fla. -

A woman walking her dogs early Sunday in Orlando said a coyote attacked and killed her Chihuahua.

Cel Lincoln said she was walking her Chihuahua, Zuki, and her Pug, Henry, on Willow Park Drive in the Willow Wood subdivision when the coyote attacked and ran off with the dog, killing it. She said the attack was so sudden, she had no chance to react.

"Never heard a noise, a sound, nothing," said Lincoln, who thinks the coyote stalked her tiny dog and went in for the kill, just feet away from her. "He snatched my little Chihuahua by his mouth and took off like lightning. He was gone. It was just like that."

Now, Lincoln will only walk her other dog during the day, and she's warning other neighbors to do the same.

"That's pretty scary to think the coyote would be that bold to come up that close to a person," said Stephany Madsen.

"They either go up and down between this row of houses or behind our house in the back over here," said Jon Malone, who has seen coyotes in the neighborhood for years. "Dogs have been attacked. In one instance, down the street, a bobcat was beaten off by the woman as she was in her yard that morning."

In this case, Lincoln said the Chihuahua was not on a leash like her other dog, which may have made it an easier target. The attack was reported to Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission officials, and in a report, said the coyote showed "no fear." FWC officials plan to post a sign in the neighborhood warning about the coyote, hoping to prevent another attack.

"They're not challenged by people so they have no natural fear," said Malone. "I've talked to several neighbors about them being present, and to keep the children out of the woods over here."

FWC officials do not plan to take any action to trap the coyote, but the neighborhood association is talking about setting traps and state officials said that is an option.

FWC said coyotes will hone in on an area where cats are easily available and will stay in the area until the food source is gone. In the meantime, they will advantage of any other small prey, such as the dog.

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